SPR720: An Antibiotic Prodrug from Vertex and Spero
SPR720
oral GyrB inhibitor Ph. II for NTM-PD phosphate prodrug of SPR719 bioRxiv, December 9, 2022 Spero Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
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